Every so often along comes a fresh app or utility so genius you'll wonder how you ever lived without it. Here's a selection of the best of best of 2016 so far. Get downloading. SNAPSTER What's the most shameful track in your collection? A tune so embarrassing it would drag your family's name in shame, were … Continue reading 7 brilliant online services you need in your life plus 3 you can do without
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Do not hire a man who does your work for money
Something has to change. I was the safety representative at a previous company some years ago and did not think much of it. We had to have one and it might as well be me. I had only filled in some standard paper work and that was it. Some time later I had been working … Continue reading Do not hire a man who does your work for money
Moomin mania – 10 things I’ve learned about e-commerce
In late 2013 I and a few others were recruited to build up the Moomin brand's online presence (and a few other's) and get their e-commerce operations off the ground. We were in for a tumultuous ride but we learned a lot. Structured chaos - that's any new company's natural state of being and boy was there chaos. Here … Continue reading Moomin mania – 10 things I’ve learned about e-commerce
TV formats in progress
Does you mother know? aka Busted aka People have a right to know This format I came up with around 2009 when Facebook had changed their terms of use for the umpteenth time to the horror of people around the world. It got people thinking and talking about privacy in a way no one really had before. … Continue reading TV formats in progress
Ten random photos from abandoned corporate Instagram accounts
Social media is easy. You just set up an account and start putting stuff out there. Maybe you're a summer intern or just passionate about the company you work at. That part is easy. But then the whole thing just gets too hard to do, you forget to post regularly and then in one random … Continue reading Ten random photos from abandoned corporate Instagram accounts
Finnish members of parliament and their usage of Twitter 2009-2010
For my final university thesis I analysed 2500 tweets from Finnish members of parliament during 2009-2010 to see how they communicate with each other and people in the public sphere. Here's the final thesis in Swedish (PDF alert). I made no great discoveries partly due to Twitter being quite a new means of communicating but I … Continue reading Finnish members of parliament and their usage of Twitter 2009-2010
The apps of our lives
Our phones have gone from merely being a communications tool to being an essential part of helping us through life. Among other things we find our way, kill time, schedule things and I for one wouldn't last long without it. Three years back I wrote a post on some of the apps that I was … Continue reading The apps of our lives
Interactive album cover looping gifs galore!
At ThingLink I get to work with Universal/Interscope to make perfectly looping gifs, also known as cinemagraphs. Animation of still components is somewhat hard to do but I enjoyed the challenge. Here are some of my favorites: Keane: //cdn.thinglink.me/jse/embed.js OneRepublic The Game //cdn.thinglink.me/jse/embed.js Lifehouse //cdn.thinglink.me/jse/embed.js Skylar Grey //cdn.thinglink.me/jse/embed.js Blink182 Feist //cdn.thinglink.me/jse/embed.js
Online services worth your hard earned cash
We've come to expect most things to be free online whether it be movies, music or news. There are however services worth paying for, if not only to keep them up and running. There's a saying: If you're not paying for the product, you are the product. I pay about 45 euros every month to … Continue reading Online services worth your hard earned cash
Great Obscure Soundtracks On Spotify
Soundtracks have a special place in my heart and especially obscure ones. I've been scouring Spotify for a few months for rare themes and below is my growing playlist with close to 300 hand picked tracks. Spotify has really not made it easy to find new interesting music and I both searched and used the … Continue reading Great Obscure Soundtracks On Spotify
Forthzine - Jonas Forth 